--- Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Andy R wrote:
> 
> > --- Hume Smith <hclsmith@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> > > building up a new machine for a local business,
> I
> > > found it's become a little
> > > difficult to get a pkgsrc started on a new, bare
> > > machine
> 
> > > CVS is not always precompiled (eg not in
> > >
> >
>
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.5.3/i386/All
> > > right now).
> > >
> > > In the end I compiled CVS at home and installed
> it
> > > on the bare machine to pull
> > > the rest down; but what's the right way? should
> > > there perhaps be a policy of
> > > presenting a compiled CVS package for each arch
> > ASAP?
> >
> > What you are saying here is a valid argument to
> make,
> > but it's really a design consideration of the base
> OS
> > and I doubt they are going to change it.
> 
> No, actually, cvs is part of the base OS now for
> pretty much the
> reasons described. 1.5.3 is only a maintenance
> release for 1.5. You'll
> see it in 1.6 and newer.

I knew I shouldn't have opened my mouth... I haven't
touched 1.6 yet, but at some point I'll have to... I
keep hanging onto this -rnetbsd-1-5 tree. It's up to
1.5.4_Alpha now! Or something like that...

Andy

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